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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Chinese government's strict population-control policy go into effect?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1977.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1993.

2. What is a regional delicacy in Guangzhou that Karin is told tastes like peanuts?
(a) Fried silkworms.
(b) Fried moths.
(c) Fried grasshoppers.
(d) Fried mulberry leaves.

3. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?
(a) Boll worm babies.
(b) Children of the wasps.
(c) Mulberry wasps.
(d) Children of the mulberry bug.

4. About how long does it take for adoptive parents to move from the first meeting in an adoption agency to meeting their child?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Three months.

5. Where does Karin live in her early journalistic career?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) India.
(c) London.
(d) Rio de Janeiro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is China's second sage?

2. What American icon does Karin see painted on trashcans in Guanzhou?

3. Which of these places is NOT mentioned as a new home of a Chinese baby?

4. Which of these is NOT mentioned as a place where babies are abandoned?

5. What is the name of the ship Karin watches sail under the Golden Gate Bridge?

(see the answer key)

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